brown mosquito perched on green leaf HD wallpaper

Wallpaper detail:

Wallpaper size:

1500 x 2000

File size:

260.53KB

Resolution:

1080P

Format:

image/jpeg

Uploaded:

2017-09-04

Wallpaper keywords:

• Woodland Mosquito,
• brown,
• green leaf,
• DC,
• Canon PowerShot SX40 HS,
• nature,
• insect,
• Life on Earth,
• DCR,
• Canon Speedlite,
• II,
• Arthropoda,
• Psorophora ferox,
• taxonomy,
• binomial,
• Culicidae,
• Diptera,
• macro,
• animal,
• close-up,
• spider

Wallpaper dominant color:

• olive drab
• yellow green
• dark olive green

Wallpaper info:

About mosquito

Mosquitoes are small, midge-like flies that constitute the family Culicidae. Females of most species are ectoparasites, whose tube-like mouthparts (called a proboscis) pierce the hosts' skin to consume blood. The word "mosquito" (formed by mosco and diminutive -ito) is Spanish for "little fly". Thousands of species feed on the blood of various kinds of hosts, mainly vertebrates, including mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and even some kinds of fish. Some mosquitoes also attack invertebrates, mainly other arthropods. Though the loss of blood is seldom of any importance to the victim, the saliva of the mosquito often causes an irritating rash that is a serious nuisance. Much more serious though, are the roles of many species of mosquitoes as vectors of diseases. In passing from host to